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Frequently Asked Questions on Annual Leave

  1. Accrual of annual holidays whilst on parental leave
    ... employee's time on parental leave is included as continuous service and the taking of parental leave does not affect entitlement to annual leave; the employee ...
  2. Pandemic – requiring employees to take annual leave if workplace ...
    Can I require my employees to take annual leave if the workplace is closed? You can require workers to take annual leave on at least ...
  3. Annual holidays taken before parental leave
    ... An employee and an employer may discuss when it is appropriate to take annual leave in relation to parental leave. The law does ...
  4. Public holiday falls whilst employee on annual leave
    If there's a public holiday when an employee is on annual leave, is the day counted as annual leave? No. If an employee is on annual ...
  5. Pandemic – employees taking annual leave
    Can my employees take annual leave if they want to? Yes, with your agreement. ... Employers cannot unreasonably refuse an employee's request to take annual leave. ...
  6. Requirements for staff leave if business closes down for a holiday ...
    If a business closes down for a holiday period or seasonal break, can staff be required to take Annual Leave or not be paid? This ...
  7. Leave entitlements and ACC
    ... What this means is that the employee would still become entitled to annual leave and sick leave on their respective entitlement dates. ...
  8. Pandemic – wage payments if employer closes workplace
    ... Options, such as annual leave or unpaid leave, will be available in accordance with their employment agreement and related workplace policies. ...
  9. Pandemic – payment if workplace closed under Health or Civil ...
    ... Options such as annual leave or unpaid leave, will be available in accordance with their employment agreement and related workplace policies. ...
  10. Sick leave
    ... to be paid sick leave. The interplay of sick leave and unpaid leave is different between the interplay of sick and annual leave. ...
  11. Pandemic – Staff staying home to care for family
    ... Other options, such as anticipated sick leave, annual leave, other paid or unpaid leave, will be available in accordance with their employment agreement and ...
  12. Annual holiday entitlement
    ... If the employee chooses, the employer must allow the employee to take at least 2 of their 4 weeks' annual leave in a continuous period. ...
  13. Unpaid leave affecting employee's entitlement to annual holidays ...
    How does a period of unpaid leave affect an employee’s entitlement to annual holidays? The Holidays Act states that an employee ...
  14. Sick leave whilst on annual holiday
    If an employee falls sick before commencing scheduled annual holidays, the employee is entitled to take any scheduled annual holidays as sick leave. ...
  15. Definitions of a seasonal, casual, part-time, and full-time ...
    ... However, workers have to meet certain criteria to qualify for some employment entitlements, such as paid parental leave, annual leave, sick leave and ...
  16. Entitlement to public holidays after employment has been ...
    ... date of termination if the employee had not completed a full year of service for the employer as they would not have become entitled to any annual leave days. ...
  17. Exchange annual holiday entitlement for payment (cashing up annual ...
    ... It can only be paid in one of the two scenarios outlined above as annual holidays will always remain in force until they are taken as paid leave. ...
  18. Observing public holidays for Christmas Day and New Years Day ...
    ... otherwise working day. Use our Holidays Online Tool to work out entitlements for public holidays, and sickness and bereavement leave.
  19. Agreement to 'trade off' holiday and leave entitlements against ...
    ... 2003 outlines that the legislation is a minimum for all holiday and leave entitlements for ... work done on a public holiday for an extra week of annual holidays. ...
  20. Paid for absence due to weather conditions or disaster events ...
    ... will be classed as. For example, agreeing to take annual leave, a paid day off, an alternative holiday or taking leave without pay. ...
  21. Recovery of monies owed by employer
    ... Labour Inspectors are able to enforce an employee's minimum entitlements such as annual leave, sick leave, public holidays and minimum pay. ...
  22. Entitlement to long service leave
    ... for long service leave will depend on what is agreed between the employee and employer. Click here for more information about annual holidays entitlements.
  23. Entitlement to sick and bereavement leave when on parental leave ...
    ... provides that rights or benefits conditional on unbroken service are not broken by the taking of parental leave (with the exception of annual holidays), and ...
  24. Employee holiday entitlements if dismissed and re-hired within one ...
    ... dismissed and they are re-employed by the same employer within one month, for the purposes of their entitlements to annual holidays, sick leave and bereavement ...
  25. Payment for public holidays during customary business closedowns ...
    ... For further information see information on annual closedowns. ... Online Tool to work out entitlements for public holidays, and sickness and bereavement leave.